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Plaintext with Rich

Rich Greene

Cybersecurity is an everyone problem. So why does it always sound like it’s only for IT people? Each week, Rich takes one topic, from phishing to ransomware to how your phone actually tracks you, and explains it in plain language in under ten minutes or less. No buzzwords. No condescension. Just the stuff you need to…

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Plaintext with Rich

Last Seen - The Meeting Place (Episode 3)

Last Seen - The Rumor (Episode 2)

Last Seen - No Signal (Episode 1)

Google Selfie Account Recovery: Convenience vs. Privacy

AI Security Test Escape: Why Agent Containment Failed

PTC Windchill Vulnerability: Why Your Product Blueprints Are at Risk

CVE-2026-50522: Why SharePoint Patching Is Only Step One

AutoJack Attack: How Malicious Pages Hijack AI Browsing Agents

North Korea Mastra NPM Supply Chain Attack: How It Works

Patch Tuesday 206 Vulnerabilities: AI Discovery vs Remediation Speed

Instagram AI Takeover: How Attackers Exploited Meta Support Bots

FortiBleed: When Your Firewall Becomes the Front Door

Post-Quantum Cryptography: Start the Inventory Before Q-Day

Cybersecurity Careers and AI: The Squeeze and the Opening

Supply Chain Attacks: How One Update Hit OpenAI

Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Under Attack: One Email Hijacks OWA

Work-Life Balance in Cybersecurity: The Structural Fix

Cybersecurity Burnout: Not a Character Flaw, a System Problem

Physical Health in Cybersecurity: The Body Keeps the Receipts

Spiritual Health in Cybersecurity: The Why Behind the Work

Mental Health in Cybersecurity: The Weight of Vigilance

Threat Intelligence: Why Most Organizations Get It Backwards

Roll for Security: What D&D Teaches About Cyber Defense

Why Reading Code Makes You Dangerous (In a Good Way)

Hacking on Screens and Pages: Pop Culture That Shaped Cybersecurity

Linux vs. Windows vs. macOS: Where Security Actually Differs

APIs: The Control Points Hiding Inside Every App

Securing AI at Work: What the Chat Box Actually Touches

AI Is an Umbrella Word (And That&#39;s the Problem)

Why Security Fails When Everyone Is Right

Zero Trust: What It Actually Means Beyond the Buzzword

Supply Chain Cybersecurity: When the Breach Starts Upstream

Phishing and Social Engineering: Why the Strongest Defense Is Being Slower

Ransomware and Double Extortion: Why Backups Alone Don&#39;t Save You Anymore

IoT Security: Why Every Smart Device Is a Computer That Inherits Risk

Cloud Security: Why Identity and Configuration Are the Real Perimeter

Passkeys and Passwordless Login: Why Shared Secrets Are the Problem

What Cybersecurity Actually Is (And Why It&#39;s Everyone&#39;s Job)

Identity Theft: Why Data Breaches Don&#39;t Stay Abstract

AI Deepfakes: When Trust Becomes the Attack Surface

Quantum Computing and Encryption: Why "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" Matters

The Dark Web: Where Stolen Data Gets a Price Tag

Plaintext with Rich: Security and Tech Without the Jargon

AI Is an Umbrella Word (And That's the Problem)

Ransomware and Double Extortion: Why Backups Alone Don't Save You Anymore

What Cybersecurity Actually Is (And Why It's Everyone's Job)

Identity Theft: Why Data Breaches Don't Stay Abstract